Inhibition mechanism of vitamin D in lung cancer / 国际肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

In recent years a large number of studies have been conducted to investigate the role of vitamin D and its metabolites in cancer.However,the picture for lung cancer is not clear at the present time.There are three integral components of the vitamin D pathway:the vitamin D receptor(VDR),CYP27B1 and CYP24A1.Besides,vitamin D inhibits the carcinogenesis of lung by indirectly influencing IGF signaling,TGF-β signaling,and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.Their differential expressions in normal lung tissue and lung cancer offer clues and lay the foundation for research of the inhibitory function in lung cancer pathogenesis.